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<?php // the Arabic (Hello) string below is: 59 bytes and 32 characters $utf8 = "السلام علیکم ورحمة الله وبرکاته!"; var_export( strlen($utf8) ); // 59 echo PHP_EOL; var_export( mb_strlen($utf8, 'utf8') ); // 32 echo PHP_EOL; var_export( strlen(utf8_decode($utf8))); // 32

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